Are rates of molecular evolution in mammals substantially accelerated in warmer environments? Reply

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1710, 2011, Pages 1294-1297

  Gillman, Len N ^a   McBride, Paul ^a   Jeanette Keeling, D ^b   Ross, Howard A ^b   Wright, Shane D ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GLOBAL WARMING; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 79953319874     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2618     Document Type: Article

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